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Doc Bug #64532 Documentation doesn't say what date time format is returned
Submitted: 2013-03-27 11:03 UTC Modified: 2013-03-27 12:21 UTC
From: copong at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2013-03-27 11:03 UTC] copong at gmail dot com 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.filemtime#refsect1-
function.filemtime-description
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It returns a UNIX timestamp. Documentation should reflect this - how do I know it 
doesn't return a DateTime object, for example?

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 [2013-03-27 12:21 UTC] salathe@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2013-03-27 12:21 UTC] salathe@php.net 
The page already states:

    The time is returned as a Unix timestamp, which is suitable for the date() 
function.

And the function prototype at the top of the page says:

    int filemtime ( string $filename )

That should be information enough to know it doesn't return a DateTime object.
 
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